Billy Bitzer
Born: 1872-04-21 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1944-04-29
Known For: Camera
Biography
Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was a pioneering American cinematographer notable for his close association with D. W. Griffith. In 2003, a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild named him one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history. Bitzer, it is said, "developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future motion pictures." Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bitzer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2021
- The Méliès Mystery as Self (archive footage)
1934
- The Camera Speaks ... (Story)
1933
- Hotel Variety ... (Director of Photography)
1928
- The Battle of the Sexes ... (Director of Photography)
1925
- The Midnight Girl ... (Director of Photography)
1924
- America ... (Director of Photography)
1923
- The White Rose ... (Director of Photography)
1922
- Sure-Fire Flint ... (Director of Photography)
1921
- Orphans of the Storm ... (Director of Photography)
1920
- Way Down East ... (Director of Photography)
- The Idol Dancer ... (Director of Photography)
- The Love Flower ... (Director of Photography)
1919
- Scarlet Days ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mother and the Law ... (Director of Photography)
- The Fall of Babylon ... (Director of Photography)
- True Heart Susie ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girl Who Stayed at Home ... (Director of Photography)
- Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl ... (Director of Photography)
- A Romance of Happy Valley ... (Director of Photography)
- The Greatest Question ... (Director of Photography)
1918
- Hearts of the World ... (Director of Photography)
- The Great Love ... (Director of Photography)
- The Greatest Thing in Life ... (Director of Photography)
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages ... (Director of Photography)
1915
- The Birth of a Nation ... (Director of Photography)
1914
- The Escape ... (Director of Photography)
- Brute Force ... (Cinematography)
- Home, Sweet Home ... (Director of Photography)
- Judith of Bethulia ... (Director of Photography)
- The Avenging Conscience ... (Director of Photography)
1913
- The Wanderer ... (Director of Photography)
- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch ... (Director of Photography)
- Two Men of the Desert ... (Director of Photography)
- Broken Ways ... (Director of Photography)
- An Indian's Loyalty ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mothering Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- Near To Earth ... (Camera Operator)
- The Coming of Angelo ... (Cinematography)
- The Little Tease ... (Director of Photography)
- Olaf—An Atom ... (Director of Photography)
- The Unwelcome Guest ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lady and the Mouse ... (Director of Photography)
1912
- The Massacre ... (Director of Photography)
- A Feud in the Kentucky Hills ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sunbeam ... (Director of Photography)
- My Baby ... (Director of Photography)
- The School Teacher and the Waif ... (Director of Photography)
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley ... (Director of Photography)
- The Burglar’s Dilemma ... (Director of Photography)
- Friends ... (Director of Photography)
- So Near, Yet So Far ... (Director of Photography)
- A Beast at Bay ... (Director of Photography)
- A Temporary Truce ... (Director of Photography)
- An Unseen Enemy ... (Director of Photography)
- The New York Hat ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lesser Evil ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sands of Dee ... (Cinematography)
- The Root of Evil ... (Director of Photography)
- The Painted Lady ... (Director of Photography)
- A Pueblo Legend ... (Cinematography)
- The Mender of Nets ... (Director of Photography)
- Lena and the Geese ... (Director of Photography)
- A Lodging for the Night ... (Director of Photography)
- The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch ... (Director of Photography)
- One Is Business, the Other Crime ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girl and Her Trust ... (Director of Photography)
- Iola's Promise ... (Director of Photography)
- A String of Pearls ... (Director of Photography)
1911
- The Last Drop of Water ... (Director of Photography)
- The Squaw's Love ... (Cinematography)
- The Battle ... (Director of Photography)
- His Trust ... (Director of Photography)
- What Shall We Do with Our Old? ... (Cinematography)
- The Trail of Books ... (Director of Photography)
- The Long Road ... (Director of Photography)
- Italian Blood ... (Director of Photography)
- The Voice of the Child ... (Director of Photography)
- The Making of a Man ... (Director of Photography)
- The Primal Call ... (Director of Photography)
- Enoch Arden: Part II ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lonedale Operator ... (Director of Photography)
- His Trust Fulfilled ... (Director of Photography)
- The Miser's Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- The Rose of Kentucky ... (Director of Photography)
- The Adventures of Billy ... (Cinematography)
- Teaching Dad to Like Her ... (Director of Photography)
- When a Man Loves ... (Director of Photography)
- Swords and Hearts ... (Director of Photography)
- Enoch Arden ... (Director of Photography)
- Enoch Arden: Part I ... (Director of Photography)
- Fighting Blood ... (Cinematography)
- Fisher Folks ... (Director of Photography)
- The Unveiling ... (Cinematography)
1910
- The Oath and the Man ... (Cinematography)
- Faithful ... (Cinematography)
- The Call ... (Cinematography)
- The Sorrows of the Unfaithful ... (Cinematography)
- Sunshine Sue ... (Director of Photography)
- The Usurer ... (Director of Photography)
- Wilful Peggy ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lesson ... (Director of Photography)
- The Unchanging Sea ... (Director of Photography)
- In the Border States ... (Director of Photography)
- The Honor of His Family ... (Director of Photography)
- A Flash of Light ... (Director of Photography)
- The House with Closed Shutters ... (Director of Photography)
- The Rocky Road ... (Cinematography)
- The Modern Prodigal ... (Cinematography)
- An Arcadian Maid ... (Cinematography)
- In Old California ... (Cinematography)
- Winning Back His Love ... (Cinematography)
- What the Daisy Said ... (Director of Photography)
- Rose o' Salem Town ... (Director of Photography)
- Waiter No. 5 ... (Director of Photography)
- A Child's Impulse ... (Cinematography)
- A Child of the Ghetto ... (Cinematography)
- Muggsy's First Sweetheart ... (Cinematography)
- Ramona ... (Director of Photography)
- Her Terrible Ordeal ... (Cinematography)
- Over Silent Paths ... (Cinematography)
- As It Is in Life ... (Cinematography)
- The Golden Supper ... (Cinematography)
- The Cloister’s Touch ... (Cinematography)
- The Two Brothers ... (Cinematography)
- The Newlyweds ... (Cinematography)
- The Fugitive ... (Director of Photography)
- Love Among the Roses ... (Cinematography)
- The Iconoclast ... (Director of Photography)
- That Chink at Golden Gulch ... (Cinematography)
1909
- The Lure of the Gown ... (Cinematography)
- The Restoration ... (Cinematography)
- Resurrection ... (Cinematography)
- Lucky Jim
- Confidence ... (Cinematography)
- The Necklace ... (Director of Photography)
- Getting Even ... (Director of Photography)
- Tender Hearts ... (Cinematography)
- Pippa Passes ... (Cinematography)
- Oh, Uncle! ... (Cinematography)
- The Slave ... (Cinematography)
- The Day After ... (Director of Photography)
- The Way of Man ... (Director of Photography)
- The Violin Maker of Cremona ... (Cinematography)
- Those Awful Hats ... (Director of Photography)
- A Trap for Santa Claus ... (Director of Photography)
- A Corner in Wheat ... (Director of Photography)
- The Salvation Army Lass ... (Cinematography)
- The Lonely Villa ... (Director of Photography)
- Two Memories ... (Director of Photography)
- The Awakening ... (Cinematography)
- A Strange Meeting ... (Cinematography)
- Love Finds a Way ... (Director of Photography)
- The Voice of the Violin ... (Cinematography)
- Mr. Jones Has a Card Party ... (Director of Photography)
- The Son's Return ... (Director of Photography)
- The Renunciation ... (Cinematography)
- What Drink Did ... (Director of Photography)
- In Old Kentucky ... (Cinematography)
- The Curtain Pole ... (Story)
- Through the Breakers ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sealed Room ... (Director of Photography)
- The Little Darling ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mended Lute ... (Cinematography)
- The Country Doctor ... (Director of Photography)
- Edgar Allan Poe ... (Director of Photography)
- Nursing a Viper ... (Cinematography)
- The Redman's View ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mountaineer's Honor ... (Director of Photography)
- The Light That Came ... (Cinematography)
- The Cardinal's Conspiracy ... (Cinematography)
- The Broken Locket ... (Director of Photography)
- Sweet and Twenty ... (Director of Photography)
- Mr. Jones’ Burglar ... (Cinematography)
- The Honor of Thieves ... (Director of Photography)
- The Cricket on the Hearth ... (Cinematography)
- The Criminal Hypnotist ... (Director of Photography)
- They Would Elope ... (Director of Photography)
- Her First Biscuits ... (Cinematography)
- A Drunkard's Reformation ... (Director of Photography)
- 1776, or The Hessian Renegades ... (Director of Photography)
- A Change of Heart ... (Cinematography)
- What's Your Hurry? ... (Cinematography)
- The Gibson Goddess ... (Cinematography)
- To Save Her Soul ... (Director of Photography)
- The Indian Runner's Romance ... (Cinematography)
- Lady Helen's Escapade ... (Cinematography)
- A Rural Elopement ... (Director of Photography)
- The Peachbasket Hat ... (Cinematography)
- The Maniac Cook ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girls and Daddy ... (Cinematography)
- The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals ... (Director of Photography)
- The Faded Lilies ... (Cinematography)
- The Cord of Life ... (Director of Photography)
- Lines of White on a Sullen Sea ... (Director of Photography)
- At the Altar ... (Director of Photography)
- His Duty ... (Cinematography)
- Comata, the Sioux ... (Director of Photography)
- The Suicide Club ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sacrifice ... (Director of Photography)
- The Fascinating Mrs. Francis ... (Director of Photography)
- The Politician's Love Story ... (Cinematography)
- The Welcome Burglar ... (Director of Photography)
- Fools of Fate ... (Cinematography)
1908
- After Many Years ... (Cinematography)
- The Feud and the Turkey ... (Cinematography)
- 'Ostler Joe ... (Cinematography)
- The Song of the Shirt ... (Cinematography)
- Professional Jealousy ... (Cinematography)
- Father Gets in the Game ... (Director of Photography)
- The Call of the Wild ... (Cinematography)
- The Zulu's Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- The Christmas Burglars ... (Director of Photography)
- When Knights Were Bold ... (Director of Photography)
- A Famous Escape ... (Cinematography)
- Her First Adventure ... (Cinematography)
- The Taming of the Shrew ... (Director of Photography)
- Bobby's Kodak ... (Cinematography)
- Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker ... (Cinematography)
- The Black Viper ... (Cinematography)
- A Smoked Husband ... (Cinematography)
- Caught by Wireless ... (Cinematography)
- The Adventures of Dollie ... (Director)
- Where the Breakers Roar ... (Cinematography)
- The Valet's Wife ... (Director of Photography)
- A Calamitous Elopement ... (Cinematography)
- Hulda's Lovers ... (Director of Photography)
- The Music Master ... (Director of Photography)
- Romance of a Jewess ... (Cinematography)
- Over the Hills to the Poor House ... (Director of Photography)
- Mixed Babies ... (Cinematography)
- The Sculptor's Nightmare ... (Cinematography)
- Mr. Jones at the Ball ... (Director of Photography)
- Money Mad ... (Director of Photography)
- The Invisible Fluid ... (Director of Photography)
- The Planter's Wife ... (Cinematography)
- Betrayed by a Handprint ... (Cinematography)
- The Outlaw ... (Cinematography)
- The Princess in the Vase ... (Cinematography)
- Deceived Slumming Party ... (Cinematography)
1907
- Trial Marriages ... (Director of Photography)
- Mr. Hurry-up ... (Director of Photography)
- Fights of Nations ... (Director of Photography)
- Jamestown Exposition ... (Camera Operator)
1906
- Married for Millions ... (Director of Photography)
- San Francisco Disaster ... (Director)
- Logging in Maine ... (Director)
- San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake ... (Director of Photography)
- From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies ... (Director of Photography)
- The Impossible Convicts ... (Director)
- Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium ... (Director of Photography)
1905
- A Trip to Salt Lake City ... (Director of Photography)
- Duel Scene from Macbeth ... (Director)
- New York Subway ... (Director)
- A Ballroom Tragedy ... (Director of Photography)
- A Pipe Dream ... (Director)
- The Summer Boarders ... (Director)
- Latina, Contortionist ... (Director of Photography)
- Robbed of Her All ... (Director of Photography)
- Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room ... (Director of Photography)
- Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son ... (Director of Photography)
- A Kentucky Feud ... (Director of Photography)
- Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club ... (Director)
- 2 A.M. in the Subway ... (Director)
- Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston ... (Director of Photography)
- Teasing ... (Director)
1904
- The Widow and the Only Man ... (Cinematography)
- Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room ... (Director of Photography)
- Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup ... (Cinematography)
- Personal ... (Director of Photography)
- Steam Hammer ... (Director)
- Taping Coils ... (Director)
- Steam Whistle ... (Director)
- Alone ... (Director of Photography)
- Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene) ... (Director)
- Coil Winding Section E ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene) ... (Director)
- The Baby and the Puppies ... (Cinematography)
- Girls Taking Time Checks ... (Director of Photography)
- Casting a Guide Box ... (Director)
- Automobiling Among the Clouds ... (Director of Photography)
- Girls Winding Armatures ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. ... (Director)
- Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- Children in the Surf at Coney Island ... (Director)
- Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works ... (Director)
- Assembling and Testing Turbines ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Works ... (Director of Photography)
- Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle ... (Director of Photography)
- Assembling a Generator ... (Director)
- The Chicken Thief ... (Director of Photography)
- The Hero of Liao-Yang ... (Director of Photography)
- Coil Winding Machines ... (Director)
- The Lost Child ... (Cinematography)
- The Coney Island Beach Patrol ... (Director)
- A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island ... (Director)
- Tapping a Furnace ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- Welding the Big Ring ... (Director)
- Testing a Rotary ... (Director of Photography)
- The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge ... (Cinematography)
1903
- Murder Scene from 'King of the Detectives' ... (Director of Photography)
- The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1 ... (Director of Photography)
- The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2 ... (Director of Photography)
- Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration ... (Director)
- The Fate of the Artist's Model ... (Director of Photography)
- The Haymarket ... (Director of Photography)
- The Dude and the Burglars ... (Director of Photography)
- Betsy Ross Dance ... (Director of Photography)
- Orphans in the Surf ... (Director)
- Hooligan in Jail ... (Director of Photography)
- Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians ... (Director)
- A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out ... (Director of Photography)
- Happy Hooligan Interferes ... (Director of Photography)
- Expert Bag Punching ... (Director)
- Chicks to Order ... (Director)
- A Search for Evidence ... (Director)
- The Boy In The Barrel ... (Director)
- The Giddy Dancing Master ... (Director of Photography)
- Willie's Camera ... (Director of Photography)
- Weighing the Baby ... (Director of Photography)
- N.Y. Fire Department Returning ... (Director)
- Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout ... (Cinematography)
1902
- Baby in a Rage ... (Camera Operator)
1901
- The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) ... (Director of Photography)
- President McKinley Inauguration ... (Director)
1899
- Stealing a Dinner ... (Director of Photography)
- Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
- Across Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
1897
- At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
1896
- American Falls from Luna Island ... (Cinematography)
- Hard Wash ... (Cinematography)
- American Falls from Goat Island ... (Cinematography)
- McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio ... (Director of Photography)
- Little Egypt ... (Camera Operator)